NCJ Number
12569
Editor(s)
E SAGARIN,
D E J MACNAMARA
Date Published
1973
Length
161 pages
Annotation
SELECTION OF 16 PAPERS DELIVERED AT THE SECOND INTERAMERICAN CONGRESS OF CRIMINOLOGY HELD IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA, IN NOVEMBER 1972.
Abstract
TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: THE FAILURE OF CORRECTIONAL MANAGEMENT, SHORT-TERM INCARCERATION AS A TREATMENT TECHNIQUE, HOMOSEXUAL AND DRUG BEHAVIOR IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRISONS, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THROUGH CLASSIFICATION, AND THE EX-OFFENDER AS PARAPROFESSIONAL IN A CORRECTIONAL SETTING. REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH ARTICLE.